Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9851, Jonathan Dwinell, Mass. N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. N.B.
Dwinell, Jonathan or Dwinell
S. 985-1
CONTENTS
carded

4659.
Mr Hampshire Jonathan Dwinell
of Marlboro in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ Regiment by Col Reed in the _____ time for _____ Days
Jonathan Dwinell
Mass. and N.H. Records corrected Jan 9/05
Inserted on the Roll of _____ at the rate of 20 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of May 1830 and sent to _____ at Fitchburg St of Rep
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832 $30.99 Semizant allowance ending Dec 30 10.33
$41.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by _____ Clerk Book _____ Vol. 15 Page 150.

Jonathan Winneall
Nov 896 —
Toward
6 Mo & 6 days
adm
Mr Clary's Certificate has not (Mention with precise the length of his service & —
Nov 7 1832
$20.00.
Hon. H. Hubbard
HR
J. H. Edwards Keene N.H.

BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Sevinick of Marlborough in the State of N.H. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80's Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 75 Vulz 77 " 4 " Private Gen. Col. Ruggles Capt. Foster   between 2 & 3 mos " Capt. White and Capt. Milner  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? "Derford Vt. June 1832  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? no proof, witnesses, or clergyman's evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? defective 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. Haddow Examining Clerk.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE.
On this seventeenth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Tharon Wilson , Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire .
now sitting Jonathan Dwinell a resident of Marlborough in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged eighty years last June who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
1 st In 1775 - Went on the alarm of the Lexington Concord fight from Bedford Mass. - to Cambridge Mass - stayed a few days and returned home. - Then in October I enlisted for two months in Captain Jonathan Foster's Company in Col Read's Regt - Capt Foster was of Bedford - and Col Read was from Connecticut. - Marched to Roxbury stationed at Jamaica Plains. - was in turn on guard at Lanny's Farm - when on guard one night heard two British soldiers - who came across from Boston - as usual as I was told - at the end of said two months, they  they were urged to stay two months more, that most of the Company stayed and he among them - making four months service.
5. In 1777 - in July was drafted to go to Bannanglow in Capt. South Whitecomb's Comp of Infantry - was drafted from Keene - was ordered to Rindge at Chubb- town N.H. - was lame and detained there or 4 days - and then repaired to Charlestown - when he arrived there found that the Company had moved on to Bannington and that Capt. Wilson was left with orders to take under his command and guard the  the two ferries across the Connecheat to prevent the Tories from carrying in- formation to the enemy. He remained at said Charlestown in this service between two and three months. - That he does not know of any testimony being witness by which he can prove the just service not having been at St. Bridget where he went from the party That he was born in Topsfield Mass. in the 1752 - 16. but supposes there is one at St. Topsfield - lived in New Hampshire most of his time - in Keene N.H. when he went into the service at Keene until about 15 years ago - & since then in Troy & in Hills - was a volunteer in the first service - and drafted into Col. Hovey's Regt - was in Cambridge - in his second service only for about a week & a half - had but a slight acquaintance known me since
I hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate

We John P Blake and Frederic Metcalf both residing in the Town of Revere in the County of Chester adjoining said Northborough do
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Daimond who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
John P Blake Frederic Metcalf
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John P Blake and Frederic Metcalf who have signed the preceding Certificate are residents of the Town of Revere aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit Aaron Watson Judge of Probate Isaac Parker Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Hampshire
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Daimond for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this seventeenth day of August A.D. 1832 —
Isaac Parker { Register of said Court of Probate
year - as no record of his service and when he joined and - not lived since the War all the original papers of service the record - Russell in his first letter Genl Washington Genl Sullivan the signature of Genl Wilson there - never got any written discharge - y queries & believe can satisfy to my vicinity & their belief of my service

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. - On this fourth day of January A.D. 1833 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Jonathan Dwinell of Marlborough in said County, known to me as the same Jonathan Dwinell who subscribed and made oath to the within and foregoing declaration, who now on oath Deposes and Says that
Mr. Dwinell Declaration of Marlborough Cheshire Co. N.H.
by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his declaration recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades - For four months as a private in my first service - For two months and six days as a private in my second service - making in all six months and six days, as a private - and for such service I claim a pension - That there is no Clergyman residing in said Marlborough where he resides. -
Jonathan Dwinell
subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid
Before me Thomas M. Edwards Jus. Peace.
Concord Jan. 7. 1833
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in the office of the Secretary of State, and that the same was acknowledged before me this 7th day of January A.D. 1833, by Jonathan Dwinell, to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing declaration, and that his signature is his free act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Superior Court of Justice. S. Merrill Clerk

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
September 20, 1928.
Mrs. C. H. Wunderlich 1004 West Third Street Dubuque, Iowa.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 9851, it appears that Jonathan Dwinell or Dwinnell was born in June 1752 at Topsfield, Massachusetts.
While residing at Boxford, Massachusetts, in 1775 he marched from said Boxford to Cambridge, Massachusetts at the time of the Lexington and Concord battles and was out a few days; he enlisted in October 1775 and served four months as a private in Captain Jonathan Foster's Company, Colonel Read's Massachusetts Regiment.
While residing at Keene, New Hampshire, he enlisted in July 1777 and served two months and six days as a private in Captain Wilson's New Hampshire Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 17, 1832, at which time he was living at Marlboro, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
There are no data as to family.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

1928 Sept 20-1401 to 1402 C.H. Wm. D. L. & Co.
Rev. 1907
9851 INVALID.
File No. 9851
Jonathan Durnell Rev. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 105
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Jonathan Durnell Jan'y 9, 1905. Records corrected.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
109596-
Robert E. Lee 1807-1870
J. M. Edwards None N.Y.C.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Jonathan Downell proof or explanation.
which require further
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ? Yes, II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides ? Yes, III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so ? Yes, IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served ? Yes, V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled ? no (20 years) VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations ? Yes, VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832 ? Yes, VIII. Has the Court given their opinion ? Yes, IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? Yes, X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed ? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal ? Yes,
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
† QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Ans. 9/20/28
MRS. C. H. WUNDERLICH 1004 WEST THIRD STREET DUBUQUE, IOWA
Feb. 16 - 1928
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Honorable Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary War Record of Jonathan Swinnel. He enlisted from Keene N.H. If you have his death date + names of children I would be very grateful for them.
His wife's name was Esther Wadsworth. He was born June 14 - 1757, in Topsfield Mass.
Yours respectfully Mrs. C. H. Nellie Wunderlich 1004 West 3rd St. Dubuque Iowa

MRS. C. H. WUNDERLICH 1004 WEST THIRD STREET DUBUQUE, IOWA
Nov. 17-1921
United States Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Pensions
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions: Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary War Record of Jonathan Swinuel son of Benjamin and Mary Estes Swinuel. He was born June, 7. 1751 in Keene N. Hampshire. also the Rev. War Record of Samuel Wadsworth born May 20 - 1770 in Coventry Conn. married Huldah daughter of Seth Heston. Lived in Keene N. H. at time of Rev. War. Respectfully Mrs. C. H. Wunderlich 1004 W. 3rd St. Dubuque, Iowa.